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IPTV and the Fractured, Demanding, Time-shifted Audience

17/02/2010
By Tom Showalter
IPTV and the Fractured, Demanding, Time-shifted Audience

In recent years, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and Internet video services such as Hulu, Fancast, Comcast On Demand, and various live sporting transmissions have significantly challenged network television’s dominance over viewership. Challenges first arose for traditional television networks when audiences began switching to cable. Now, audiences are not only shifting to cable but to...
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Google’s Nexus One – Not Even On The Same Planet

04/02/2010
By Tom Showalter
Google’s Nexus One – Not Even On The Same Planet

Google’s Nexus One is out of this world, but not in the way you might think. Sure, the Nexus One has some very nice bells and whistles, the new Android Market and, my personal favorite, the Layar App, but the devil is always in the details. So far, it looks like Google has forgotten...
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New Media Business Watch

29/01/2010
By Tom Showalter

The Business Models section was originally established to serve as an aggregation space for all the different types of new media business models available on the web. Instead, we begin with posting a list from Poynter.org's Transformation Tracker. Periodically, we will provide an expert commentary regarding a model or two.
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